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Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Joined June 2008

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Secretary Kennedy
@SecKennedy
Jun 19
America faces more than a chronic disease epidemic that threatens our physical health. We also face a spiritual malaise that undermines our mental health. Our children are increasingly isolated, fragmented, and anxious, spending more than 8.5 hours a day on screens. This
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Jun 18
New NIH research suggests that obesity is a risk factor for more cancers than previously recognized. Learn more: bit.ly/43EuLkq
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Jun 18
🫀Heart failure affects millions of adults in the U.S. and often requires close monitoring to help prevent worsening symptoms and repeat hospital visits. NIH-supported researchers led by Dr. Yeonsik Noh at @UMassAmherst are developing wearable devices that could help heart
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Jun 17
Scientists at NIH are studying the exposome—all the things your body is exposed to throughout your life. This includes the air you breathe, the food you eat, chemicals you encounter, and stress. For major diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, genes only tell part of
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Jun 17
NIH All of Us was built on a simple premise: a research program is only as powerful as the people in it. A new study shows what that means in practice. Researchers used genomic data from more than 240,000 All of Us participants to identify the first known genetic risk factor for
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Jun 17
NEWS: Researchers discover single-cell brain activity that underlies human speech. Read the full story ➡️ bit.ly/4xwseGA
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NIH Innovates
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Jun 16
📢 The NIH Office of Research on Women's Health, @HHSGov and @Lyme_X are launching a national tech competition aimed at helping those with complex chronic illnesses like Lyme disease and long COVID find answers in an era where information is abundant, but access can be difficult.
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Jun 16
DYK: Chronic pain affects 1 in 4 Americans. NIH is committed to lowering that figure through rigorous study and gold standard scientific efforts like the NIH HEAL Initiative (Helping to End Addiction Long-term). A strategic roadmap aimed at guiding HEAL research for the next
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Jun 16
An NIH study looking at addiction treatment services across >3100 U.S. counties found that health insurance plays an outsized role in treatment access and use—more so than income level, other socioeconomic factors, health indicators, or healthcare resources. Learn more:
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Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD
@NIHDirector_Jay
Jun 16
We are simplifying how NIH funding works so researchers can spend less time navigating complexity and more time on discovery. Stay informed with @NIH_Innovates, NIH’s new channel dedicated to research news and information for the biomedical research community.
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NIH Innovates
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Jun 15
📢 Are you an early career researcher? Join an NIGMS webinar to learn about PAR-27-032: Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators (ESI). 📝It’s easier than ever to apply with a new streamlined funding opportunity format. 📅 July 15 at 2 PM
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Jun 15
NEWS: For adults with prediabetes, lifestyle intervention lowered risk of developing multiple chronic conditions. Read the full story ➡️ bit.ly/4enHPzl
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Secretary Kennedy
@SecKennedy
Jun 14
Replying to @SecKennedy
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